The 19-year-old Jounin exhaled as she looked at the ceiling. Something wasn't right and she could feel it down in the pit of her stomach.
Her thoughts soon traveled to when she first traveled to Suna, where she now resided. She hadn't thought about that in a long time. Kushina tried to block that memory out of her mind. She thought she succeeded until this premonition. Someone was in trouble, someone from a different life.
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The 19-year-old Jounin sighed as he walked around his village. Rin was deathly sick and getting worse and worse everyday. For some reason his mind wandered 4 years in the past. That was a different life and he wasn't sure he missed it or not.
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"Breakfast Kushina." She was thrashed out of her reverie when she heard a sweet, gentle voice that belonged to Karura Subaku.
"Coming." She walked down the winding staircase, which she was used to now. The first year or two she fell down it every single time. The kitchen was a regular eastern-style dining area, not like in her previous life, it was a western 50s era. She was surprised when her 'family' had never heard of a spoon.
Kushina sat down on soft pillow next to a blonde baby girl in a highchair. She could barely eat by herself only being months old, yet she was still independent. The Subaku residence didn't have cereal, much to her disappointment. However she did make do with the things, she was given.
"Kushina-sama, I made your favorite!" She turned her head and spotted another blonde with violet eyes. He smiled warmly and she slightly rolled her eyes.
"No, that's your favorite." She looked down at the single plate he set down in front of her. It was white rice, grilled fish, and a rolled omelet.
Karura came in and sat next to Yashamaru. She being pregnant was an understatement, that thing was ready to pop out any day now.
Heavy footfalls were approaching the kitchen; it was the Kaze Kage himself. His usual frown was turned down even more this particular morning. A messenger hawk rested on his shoulder and it then flew to Kushina.
It had a note on it addressed to her. She stood up, quickly got up and started to gather her things.
"Where are you going?" She didn't want to leave her best friend but her first family was more important right now. The red head bit her lip.
"I'm sorry but I have to go, I'll write… it's just that someone really needs me right now." Yashamaru gave her a sad smile and nodded in understanding. With a quick kiss and a farewell, she left the palace. Leaving Yashamaru with his psychotic brother-in-law and his poor sister.
It didn't take Kushina anytime to get to Konoha, though something in the back of her mind wanted her to slow down and take it easy. She could already see the dense forest and the small river by the outer gates. It was the middle of the afternoon and she had a special way of getting to her desired place in a sixth of the time.
She took a breath and prepared herself to go back to the place where she lived long ago. She was reverting back into her old life.
Two ANBU stood at the gates, both seemingly familiar. "State your purpose and your name," said a woman's voice. Her mask was a kitten. The man standing next to her had that of a dog and was about a foot taller.
Kushina couldn't help but smile. "My name is Midori and my purpose is none of your business, Mikoto."
Though it was strictly against the rules, she took off her mask. Mikoto looked exactly the same, except maybe even more beautiful. Her dark eyes were shining as she looked at her best friend. "So, it's true."
Kushina cocked an eyebrow confused. "So what's true?"
"You literally are the most beautiful woman in the entire world, that's what's true!" Mikoto couldn't believe her eyes but kept smiling. Who would have thought the 'future man' would turn out to be drop, dead, gorgeous.
Kushina burst out laughing. "Me, 'the most beautiful girl in the world' that to me seems hilarious. Enough about me let me IN!"
"Not so fast missy, how do I know you're not an imposter?" With mock thought, she paused.
"Hmm… does everyone know you stole my dinosaur pajamas and used them as spooge rags?"
They both started laughing. "Ugh, that is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard and we finally thought you grew up."
"Pipe down Inuzuka, I missed you too. Oh my gosh, I came here because Rin's sick, so sorry but I have to go. We should all catch up later." She ran through the gates without permission and to the hospital. They watched as her long, red flapped behind her.
Running through the streets a lot of people stopped and stared at her. Who was this mystery girl? Some ninja recognized her. Other men had to wipe the drool off their chins and get Kleenexes for their nosebleeds. Kushina seemed to miss this though.
She got to the receptionist's desk and signed in. "She's in room 201." She ran up another floor and barged in. She Rin, Obito and, Kakashi all sitting together just talking.
"I demand to know who you are." She already knew who's annoying voice that belonged to, it'd been so long she thought she'd been talking to an adult.
"Zip it Kaka-chan, I have to see my onee-chan." Rin looked over and saw Kushina. Everyone in the room's jaw dropped. "What?"
"Kushina, I'm so glad we kept in touch." Rin had grown up; this made her a little sad at what all she missed.
"Kushina-san… I have t-to go." Kakashi rolled his eyes; the red head did not want to know.
"Rin, I brought you some food." In the door way was the one person she never wanted to see again. In the door way was Minato Namikaze.
Minato's face turned red and he started to rub the back of his head. "Kushina, wasn't expecting you to be here, long time no see." He put out his hand for her to shake. She eyed like it was diseased. Kushina looked over at Rin.
"I think I should get going now," her fake smile was pretty convincing though. She walked out the door pissed off. Steadily trekking down the linoleum floor, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She faced Minato. Icy, cold blue eyes met smoldering green. They both glared at each other. Unresolved feelings bubbled up and the air was thick. "What do you want?"
He grinned. "To tell you I sold all of your furniture and possessions, anything you would like to say to me?"
She grinned and narrowed her eyes. "You've been dead to me for so long, I barely noticed you were talking to me, let alone existed." His grin turned into a glare.
"Good, why would I want whores like you in my life?" His eyes betrayed a different emotion, he was beyond hurt.
"I was asking myself the exact same thing, on top of that," she got close to his face, they were now sharing breath. "I think you must care about me more than you let on, considering you chased me down a hallway to ask me if I missed you." Their foreheads were touching; still they were glaring at each other with the purest loathing. "Guess what, I didn't." Minato slapped her.
"Finally my turn, don't talk to me that way!" He said it in a low dangerous whisper he grabbed her arms and locked her there.
She tried to touch her cheek, it stung not just with physical pain but emotional too. She looked at him, he looked at her. She punched him out of the hospital. CRASH. He almost lost his footing and splat on the ground. She ran and jumped out of the hospital after him. "You ass hole!" She gathered up her chakra and added water element to it. Kushina used it as a blade and left him a nice cut along his abdominal area.
Minato kicked her in the face; she spat the blood out onto him. "You…" As he was blabbering, she managed to land a punch down in his man area. He cursed out loudly. He made a couple of hand signs and made fast swirling wind in a line shape. "I'll decapitate you Uzumaki." They both knew it was an empty threat though.
"I dare you!" She was squirming under him, trying to get out of his iron grip while her mouch was a river of blood.
"What in the world are you two DOING?" Of course, it just had to be Lady Tsunade. She pulled them both by the ear to the Hokage's office, leaving the crowd groaning. They were standing side-by-side not bothering to look at each other. "Fix this!"
Sarutobi put down his pipe and smiled warmly at Kushina, who glared back. The Hokage gave Minato a disapproving look. "Now Kushina, I know we had you set up to stay at the Uchiha Mansion, but- he glared at Tsunade. "Someone complained about you not getting along, so therefore, you are now living together again."
"WHAT!" They both said it in unison, did he seriously want to lose two of the greatest shinobi.
"I'm sleeping in the ATTIC!" She stomped up the stairs like a five year old.
"Fine! Because I don't want your perverted mind watching me and the girls I bring home!"
"You don't bring girls home you prude."
"H-How would you know that you have been gone for two years!"
"Not my fault, it's yours." She marched back down the stairs and looked him in the eyes. He looked away. "You know, the fights we get into, none of them are my fault, they're always YOURS!"
"What ever you psychotic freak! You do bad things and I call you out on them."
"You blow up over nothing all the time! You have to calm down sometime!"
He pointed his finger at her. "You calm down, you're shouting!"
"FUCK! You're shouting too!"
He lowered his tone a bit and started out condescendingly, "Kushina, let's act like adults now. We are both old enough to not play the blame game, isn't that right freckle face?" She wrestled him to the ground.
"You. Are going to pay for that." He blocked the punch coming towards his face. He tried punching her in the chest but accidentally landed somewhere else. They both looked at each other and froze. Both of them unmoving. She looked down at the hand grabbing one of her boobs. She looked back at him. "HENTAI!"
"No, no I didn't mean to!" He grabbed the sides of his head, "Sorry?"
"Good night Minato!"
"Good night Kushina!"
They both took u-turns and looked at one another, again. "Do you really mean 'good' night?"
"Depends, do you?" Kushina walked down towards him. "Maybe I do. Well it's just I didn't know you'd actually say it."
"It is our thing though." He smiled sheepishly, she looked at him seriously.
"Why didn't you stop me from leaving? When I left everything got so hard."
"Well what did you want me to say, 'baby don't walk away?'" He made a bitter face.
"It's the thought that counted, you should have stopped me it really hurt, not to get all mushy but, I thought you didn't care about me."
"I do care about you, I knew you would come back, and without warning you did. To tell you the truth, you're the most important person in my life." He smiled at her; he didn't look the same either now that they were both staring at each other. He was now about 5'9, his hair longer, and he didn't look like a little boy anymore.
She met his eyes again. "I-I… don't know if I can forgive you?"
He frowned. "I didn't expect you to."
"Minato, you made me feel really bad about myself, look at this." She pulled up her sleeve to show razor marks on her arm. "I thought maybe I wasn't pretty enough for you, so I tried to change the skin new, make it pretty, the way you would like it." He closed his eyes harshly and touched her arm.
"Kushina, you are unbelievable." He rubbed his forehead.
"No, I really did cut it."
"That's not what I meant. You are seriously the stupidest person I have ever met." Her eyes filled with rage. She started walking up to the attic.
"Don't ever talk to me again, and this time I mean it, keep your narrow-minded opinions to yourself. Got it, and another thing stop staring at me, I can feel your face boring holes into me." She turned around. "Just let me go, you'll be fine without me, whenever I run away you manage. I'm the problem, you need to forget me." She walked slowly into the attic, her voice sounded weird because she was trying to keep her voice monotone, but it was too much of an emotional statement.
Minato lay on his bed staring at the walls, creeping in and out of dreamland. 'She keeps coming back into my life, my heart was never full to begin with but, is it possible for her to break it evens more? Look at all of the stuff she has done to me? I just want to talk to her. Maybe this time she won't come back.'
Kushina lay on the floor. 'Our relationship is dying, my hands shook too many good byes, and they don't seem to matter anymore. I want his friendship more than anything in the world; I missed his laugh, his smile and everything. I don't want to fight anymore. I want to try this time; I'm ready for us to be us again. We'll always be.'
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Uhh… I don't know if I like this chapter. Tell me what you think.